Aileron
An aileron is a flap attached to an airplane used for navigation and stability.
Invention and patents
Patent GB-1868-392 describes ailerons; perhaps their first use on a vessel was by Robert Esnault-Pelterie in 1904, and their first successful use by Alberto Santos-Dumont in 1906.[1][2]
The Wright Brothers controversially tried to claim they had patented ailerons with Patent US-1903-821393. Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith wrote in 1956:[1]
The Boulton patent (No. 392 of 1868) was lost to view until the aileron was in general use. The fact that the Wrights' wing-warping patent was held later to cover ailerons does not alter the fact of a prior but lost invention. If the Boulton patent had been known in 1903 to 1906 it is doubtful whether the actions fought by the Wrights would have succeeded.
US patent category USPC 244/90 seems to have its earliest member (Patent US-1908-927605) in 1909 and its next ones in 1911.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith, "The First Aileron; Flight, Correspondence; 11 May 1956; p. 598.
- ↑ Gibbs-Smith, Aviation, 1970, p. 108.
This wiki has 1 patents in category "Aileron". Other techtypes related to Aileron: Hinges, USPC 244/48, USPC 244/99.7, Wing warping
Patents in category Aileron
- Patent US-1911-1000711 (English title: Flying-machine, Inventors: William D. Burk, Filing date: 1911-05-13)
Publications referring to Aileron
- Publication B2p1405e10, 1910, Warping v. aileron (Simple title: Warping v. aileron, Journal: Flight)
- Paulhan, 1910, The Wrights' contentions groundless (Simple title: The Wrights' contentions groundless, Journal: Aircraft)
- Publication B2p0039e15, 1912, A new aileron equalizing means (Simple title: A new aileron equalizing means, Journal: Aeronautics)
- Shaffer, 1912, The Gage Biplane (Simple title: The Gage Biplane, Journal: Aeronautics (US))
- Still, 1915, Suggestions as to how the most efficient and safest aeroplane for transcontinental flight should be made (Simple title: Most efficient and safest aeroplane for transcontinental flight, Journal: Aeronautics (US))
- Les inspecteurs des finances : 1871-1919, Emmanuel Chadeau, (s.l.) : (s.é.), 1977, XV-112 p. Maîtrise : Histoire contemporaine : Lille 3 : 1977, sous la direction de M. Lévy-Leboyer. Bibliogr. p. VIII-IX (Simple title: The Financial Inspectors : 1871-1919)
- Louis Blériot, industriel français (1872-1936), Sylvie Picchi, Villeneuve d’Ascq : Dactylogramme, 1990, 178 p. DEA : Histoire contemporaine : Lille 3 : 1993, sous la direction de M. Chadeau. Bibliogr. p. 156-178. Index. (Simple title: Louis Blériot, French Industrialist (1872-1936))
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| Keywords | USPC 244/90, Airfoil, Wing-warping |
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